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Sir John Barbirolli CH 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970 Was A British Conductor And Cellist. John Barbirolli Was Particularly Associated With The Hallé Orchestra Manchester Which He Conducted For Nearly Three Decades. He Was Also Music Director Of The New York Philharmonic And The Houston Symphony And Conducted Many Other Orchestras Including The London Symphony Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra The Berlin Philharmonic And The Vienna Philharmonic. He Was Particularly Associated With The Music Of English Composers Such As Edward Elgar And Ralph Vaughan Williams. He Also Developed A Strong Reputation As A Conductor Of The Music Of Gustav Mahler. Early Years 1899-1937 Giovanni Battista Barbirolli Was A Londoner From A Musical Family. His Father And Uncle Were Violinists In London Theatre Orchestras Notably The Leicester Square Empire Though They Had Also Played At La Scala Milan Under Arturo Toscanini. Thus The Young John Barbirolli As He Became Known Was Destined To Be A String Player A Specialist In British Music And To Have A Love Of Italian Opera. Barbirolli Won A Scholarship To Study At Trinity College Of Music And Later Studied At The Royal Academy Of Music Where The Sir John Barbirolli Collection Of Photographs And Memorabilia Is Now Archived. As A Young Cellist He Made Some Acoustic Records Played In The London Symphony Orchestra LSO Notably At The First Performance Of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto And Was Soon After The Soloist In The Second Performance Of The Work. In The 1920s He Turned To Conducting And Formed A Chamber Orchestra Which Recorded New Works For The National Gramophonic Society Notably Elgar's Introduction And Allegro Which May Have Been Responsible For His Master's Voice Avoiding The Work Until After Elgar's Death. Between 1929 And 1933 He Conducted Opera At Covent Garden. From 1933 To 1936 He Conducted The Scottish Orchestra In Glasgow. Barbirolli Became Known For His Ability To Secure Effective Performances At Short Notice And In The 1930s Made Many Recordings With The LSO And London Philharmonic Accompanying Concerti With Leading Soloists Such As Fritz Kreisler Jascha Heifetz Alfred Cortot Josef Hofmann And Arthur Rubinstein Most Of Which Remain Classics Today. Conductor Of New York Philharmonic 1937-1942 In 1937 Barbirolli Achieved A Coup When He Was Invited To Succeed Arturo Toscanini As Conductor Of The New York Philharmonic A Tremendously Prestigious Post. Although His Five Seasons There Were A Musical Triumph As Surviving Recordings Show He Was Under Constant Attack From The Hostile New York Press Notably The Critic Olin Downes Who Was A Strong Champion Of Toscanini. Barbirolli Also Had To Cope With Rivalry From The Newly-Formed NBC Symphony Orchestra Also Based In New York Which Was Conducted By Toscanini And Paid Higher Salaries. Work In Later Years 1942-1970 In 1942 Barbirolli Was Invited To Renew His Contract But To Do So Would Have Had To Become A US Citizen Which He Was Unwilling To Do. At This Point An Invitation To Take Up The Post Of Chief Conductor Of The Hallé Orchestra Transformed His Career. The Increase In Scope For Concerts Had Prompted The Hallé To End The Increasingly Unsatisfactory Arrangement Of Sharing Half Their Players With The BBC Which Had Saved Them In The Slump Years And To Engage A Top-Rank Conductor. Only Four Of The Shared Players Chose To Join The Hallé So When Barbirolli Arrived He Had To Rebuild The Orchestra In Weeks A Task He Fell To With Enthusiasm. His "new Hallé" Recorded Symphonies By Arnold Bax And Vaughan Williams Made In Wartime Manchester. There Was Also A Series Of Highly-Acclaimed Stereo Recordings Released By Pye In The United Kingdom And By Vanguard Records And Angel Records In The United States. Barbirolli Conducted The Orchestra For 25 Years In Many Cities Including At The Cheltenham Festival Where He Premiered Many New Works. He Also Conducted The BBC And Other London Orchestras In Concert And On Record And Towards The End Of His Life Renewed His Association With EMI Which Produced A Legacy Of Fine Recorded Performances Many Of Which Have Been Available Continuously. His Last Two Concerts Were Held In The St Nicholas Chapel King's Lynn As Part Of Its 1970 Festival. Despite Collapsing From Ill-Health During The Friday Afternoon He Produced Magnificent Renderings Of Elgar's Symphony No 1 And Sea Pictures. The Last Work He Conducted Was Beethoven's Symphony No 7 On The Saturday Before His Death. Barbirolli Is Remembered As An Interpreter Of Elgar Vaughan Williams And Mahler As Well As Schubert Beethoven Sibelius Verdi And Puccini And As A Staunch Supporter Of New Works By British Composers In Which His Advocacy Rivaled Those Of Conductors Sir Adrian Boult And Sir Henry Wood. Vaughan Williams Bestowed The Nickname "Glorious John" On Barbirolli As A Sign Of Esteem. He Was A Mentor To The Extraordinarily Gifted Cellist Jacqueline Du Pré. He Was Knighted In 1949 And Made A Companion Of Honour In 1969. Family His First Marriage Was To Singer Marjorie Parry. His Second Marriage From 1939 To His Death Was To The British Oboist Evelyn Rothwell Born 1911 At Wallingford England Who Became Lady Barbirolli. She Died At The Age Of 97 In January 2008. Notable Premieres Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto With Antonio Brosa As Soloist New York Philharmonic Carnegie Hall New York 28 March 1940 Britten Sinfonia Da Requiem New York Philharmonic Carnegie Hall New York 30 March 1941 Ralph Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica Hallé Orchestra Manchester 1953 Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8 1956 Legacy Barbirolli Square In Lower Mosley Street Manchester England Is Named In His Honour With A Statue Of Him By Byron Howard 2000 . The Square Includes The Modern Concert Venue The Bridgewater Hall. The Barbirolli Hall Is The Main Hall In St Clement Danes School In Chorleywood Formerly St Clement Danes Grammar School Of Which Barbirolli Was A Student When It Was Located In Houghton Street London. The Elgar Cello Concerto Has Since Been Performed Twice In The Hall By Cellist John Brennan And St Clement Danes Student Thomas Isherwood. A Commemorative Blue Plaque Was Placed On The Wall Of The Bloomsbury Park Hotel In Southampton Row Holborn London In May 1993 To Mark Barbirolli’s Birthplace.
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Sir John Barbirolli CH 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970 Was A British Conductor And Cellist. John Barbirolli Was Particularly Associated With The Hallé Orchestra Manchester Which He Conducted For Nearly Three Decades. He Was Also Music Director Of The New York Philharmonic And The Houston Symphony And Conducted Many Other Orchestras Including The London Symphony Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra The Berlin Philharmonic And The Vienna Philharmonic. He Was Particularly Associated With The Music Of English Composers Such As Edward Elgar And Ralph Vaughan Williams. He Also Developed A Strong Reputation As A Conductor Of The Music Of Gustav Mahler. Early Years 1899-1937 Giovanni Battista Barbirolli Was A Londoner From A Musical Family. His Father And Uncle Were Violinists In London Theatre Orchestras Notably The Leicester Square Empire Though They Had Also Played At La Scala Milan Under Arturo Toscanini. Thus The Young John Barbirolli As He Became Known Was Destined To Be A String Player A Specialist In British Music And To Have A Love Of Italian Opera. Barbirolli Won A Scholarship To Study At Trinity College Of Music And Later Studied At The Royal Academy Of Music Where The Sir John Barbirolli Collection Of Photographs And Memorabilia Is Now Archived. As A Young Cellist He Made Some Acoustic Records Played In The London Symphony Orchestra LSO Notably At The First Performance Of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto And Was Soon After The Soloist In The Second Performance Of The Work. In The 1920s He Turned To Conducting And Formed A Chamber Orchestra Which Recorded New Works For The National Gramophonic Society Notably Elgar's Introduction And Allegro Which May Have Been Responsible For His Master's Voice Avoiding The Work Until After Elgar's Death. Between 1929 And 1933 He Conducted Opera At Covent Garden. From 1933 To 1936 He Conducted The Scottish Orchestra In Glasgow. Barbirolli Became Known For His Ability To Secure Effective Performances At Short Notice And In The 1930s Made Many Recordings With The LSO And London Philharmonic Accompanying Concerti With Leading Soloists Such As Fritz Kreisler Jascha Heifetz Alfred Cortot Josef Hofmann And Arthur Rubinstein Most Of Which Remain Classics Today. Conductor Of New York Philharmonic 1937-1942 In 1937 Barbirolli Achieved A Coup When He Was Invited To Succeed Arturo Toscanini As Conductor Of The New York Philharmonic A Tremendously Prestigious Post. Although His Five Seasons There Were A Musical Triumph As Surviving Recordings Show He Was Under Constant Attack From The Hostile New York Press Notably The Critic Olin Downes Who Was A Strong Champion Of Toscanini. Barbirolli Also Had To Cope With Rivalry From The Newly-Formed NBC Symphony Orchestra Also Based In New York Which Was Conducted By Toscanini And Paid Higher Salaries. Work In Later Years 1942-1970 In 1942 Barbirolli Was Invited To Renew His Contract But To Do So Would Have Had To Become A US Citizen Which He Was Unwilling To Do. At This Point An Invitation To Take Up The Post Of Chief Conductor Of The Hallé Orchestra Transformed His Career. The Increase In Scope For Concerts Had Prompted The Hallé To End The Increasingly Unsatisfactory Arrangement Of Sharing Half Their Players With The BBC Which Had Saved Them In The Slump Years And To Engage A Top-Rank Conductor. Only Four Of The Shared Players Chose To Join The Hallé So When Barbirolli Arrived He Had To Rebuild The Orchestra In Weeks A Task He Fell To With Enthusiasm. His "new Hallé" Recorded Symphonies By Arnold Bax And Vaughan Williams Made In Wartime Manchester. There Was Also A Series Of Highly-Acclaimed Stereo Recordings Released By Pye In The United Kingdom And By Vanguard Records And Angel Records In The United States. Barbirolli Conducted The Orchestra For 25 Years In Many Cities Including At The Cheltenham Festival Where He Premiered Many New Works. He Also Conducted The BBC And Other London Orchestras In Concert And On Record And Towards The End Of His Life Renewed His Association With EMI Which Produced A Legacy Of Fine Recorded Performances Many Of Which Have Been Available Continuously. His Last Two Concerts Were Held In The St Nicholas Chapel King's Lynn As Part Of Its 1970 Festival. Despite Collapsing From Ill-Health During The Friday Afternoon He Produced Magnificent Renderings Of Elgar's Symphony No 1 And Sea Pictures. The Last Work He Conducted Was Beethoven's Symphony No 7 On The Saturday Before His Death. Barbirolli Is Remembered As An Interpreter Of Elgar Vaughan Williams And Mahler As Well As Schubert Beethoven Sibelius Verdi And Puccini And As A Staunch Supporter Of New Works By British Composers In Which His Advocacy Rivaled Those Of Conductors Sir Adrian Boult And Sir Henry Wood. Vaughan Williams Bestowed The Nickname "Glorious John" On Barbirolli As A Sign Of Esteem. He Was A Mentor To The Extraordinarily Gifted Cellist Jacqueline Du Pré. He Was Knighted In 1949 And Made A Companion Of Honour In 1969. Family His First Marriage Was To Singer Marjorie Parry. His Second Marriage From 1939 To His Death Was To The British Oboist Evelyn Rothwell Born 1911 At Wallingford England Who Became Lady Barbirolli. She Died At The Age Of 97 In January 2008. Notable Premieres Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto With Antonio Brosa As Soloist New York Philharmonic Carnegie Hall New York 28 March 1940 Britten Sinfonia Da Requiem New York Philharmonic Carnegie Hall New York 30 March 1941 Ralph Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica Hallé Orchestra Manchester 1953 Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8 1956 Legacy Barbirolli Square In Lower Mosley Street Manchester England Is Named In His Honour With A Statue Of Him By Byron Howard 2000 . The Square Includes The Modern Concert Venue The Bridgewater Hall. The Barbirolli Hall Is The Main Hall In St Clement Danes School In Chorleywood Formerly St Clement Danes Grammar School Of Which Barbirolli Was A Student When It Was Located In Houghton Street London. The Elgar Cello Concerto Has Since Been Performed Twice In The Hall By Cellist John Brennan And St Clement Danes Student Thomas Isherwood. A Commemorative Blue Plaque Was Placed On The Wall Of The Bloomsbury Park Hotel In Southampton Row Holborn London In May 1993 To Mark Barbirolli’s Birthplace.
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